Setting the mood is one of the more difficult tasks of a GM, and yet one of the most important to keep players engaged in your environment and story. Ambient Environments has created a wide variety of high-quality stereo MP3’s (320 Kbps), each a glorious 10 minutes in length and loopable (unless otherwise stated), to inspire you as a GM and to add atmospheric depth. Just like a soundtrack in a film can intensify a movie's tension and emotion, our soundscapes can do the same for your games.

Each soundscape is conveniently categorized by its function and categories so you can quickly see how it would apply to your game. Be sure to read the descriptions of each soundscape so you know what you're getting! Here is a quick list:

Action: Action-oriented. Features a background that is usually only sound effects driven that depicts a small confrontation or engagement with weapons and violence involved. Loopable.

Epic Battles: Features a background that's usually only sound effects driven that depicts a large battle taking place. Loopable.

Mood Music: Music intended to add another dimension to your games and to create an immersive environment. The music can usually be played with a certain setting in mind or for inspiration or just for your enjoyment.

Encounters: Limited use event-driven with sound effects and possibly ambient sounds and/or music. Created with a specific situation or set of circumstances in mind. Usually not loopable. Can enhance the use of other soundscapes.

Genre

Fantasy: Designed for fantastic environments.

Sci-Fi: Boldly dedicated to science fiction settings.

Horror: Created for frightening circumstances.

Modern: Perfect for the here and now.

Period: Takes place during a specific period in history thus are "period specific" i.e. the 1920s, Medieval times, the Crusades

Western: Lassoed up with the old west in mind.

There's no general category because you can use these soundscapes however you wish!

Listening to the soundscapes - for best results...

These soundscapes require nothing more than a decent listening apparatus that your players can hear and any software that can play MP3s (converted to CD/DVD will work too!). For best results, a system with a wide dynamic range will deliver the best quality whereas a laptop or bluetooth speaker, although portable and convenient, might not deliver the wide range of sound effects and may have the inablity to deliver everything that's embedded in a particular soundscape. So keep this in mind when playing them. Of course, you'll be able to hear them just fine, but occasionally there are "sub" components that have been added to help round out the sound needed for a particular environment that may add some enhanced features on a larger system. The best thing to do is to listen to the soundscape with a good set of headphones first. iPod headphones work just fine. Once you've done this, then play it on your desired system, laptop, or whatever prior to making a judgement. Then you'll be able to tell what difference it makes.

So, if you want to hear the soundscapes as intended and are particular and somewhat of a purist, like me, then a great sound system is advised--but not necessary in order to have fun and enjoy the effects of any particular soundscape. I'm just picky and "picky" is not for everyone. Besides, the soundscapes will only enhance a setting, but they can't run the fantastically awesome campaign that your players will enjoy and remember with upmost affection for years to come; so much, that in ten years they'll get together and reminisce about the "good 'ole times when your PC Troll, "Beorn the Vampire Killer" was beheaded by a fellow party member (ruining his nice armani suit) while under the influence of an NPC enemy vampire using Beorn as a puppet to infiltrate the party and the agency that hired them--not that that's ever happened to me or anything. That's where you come in.

Disclaimer

If you can't hear your soundscape very well, it may be the system and not the soundscape--sure, but that's not always the case. When each soundscape is launched, it's still considered in the "beta" stages and can be changed, tweaked and fine-tuned. So if you're experiencing problems with your soundscapes, please contact Ambient Environments, a.k.a. Gil Luna, or leave a review with the issue noted and I'll keep track and fix them as time allows. You'll be contacted, if you purchased the soundscape, when it's updated and will be able to download the new version for free. Happy listening!

Gil Luna - The Creator/Composer

Gil has a varied background that stretches over 20 years in the world of music and film. These two areas of expertise provide the best combination for the creation of soundscapes as one compliments the other perfectly and the result is an ambient environment. Aside from these two general vocations, Gil has worked as a graphic artist, web designer, special F/X artist, film editor, singer, screenwriter, producer, director and actor. Gil is a one man show. That's why his graphics look so groovy. That's also why it takes him so long to finish them. Where's an intern when you need one? Gil is currently residing in the artist-friendly city of Portland, Oregon.

Got question? Don't be afraid to email me through Drive Thru RPG.

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"Abandoned Carnival" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThat’s right. This carnival is indeed abandoned…abandoned by the living. You’ll get a creepy vibe, that feeling of being watched, as you wander past the merry-go-round. The bound metal rides that once cheered up the many that came here, now creak in the background... [click here for more]

"Abandoned Factory" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsContent: Ambience of an open building with chains, water and metal sounds.
Uses: This is great for any empty building.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Modern, Horror, Backgrounds
Time - 10:00 min ... [click here for more]

"Abandoned Underground Research Facility" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
This place has been here for a number of years abandoned by its occupants and left to the elements long ago. Who knows what kinds of things went on here, but the remnants of experiments of many kinds, all for the sake of scientific progress. Yet sometimes, even progress needs... [click here for more]

"Alien ( aHuman Autopsy)" - (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
Not an autopsy on an alien, but “from” an alien on a human (or other alien for that matter). Perhaps a vivisection? Whatever the case, the room consists of an alien or two dissecting a human being or many.
Content: Alien servos, mechanical and hi-tech noises. Squishy... [click here for more]

"Alien Autopsy" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
Scientists in this room are more than curious to find out what makes this alien tick. You can hear them working fervently in this chop shop as they go to work like a curious teenager slicing into a frog in science class. Only this frog is about 5'6" with gray colored skin and huge eyes.
Content:... [click here for more]

"Alien Insectoid Hive" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The walls move, viscous to the touch, and smooth as a snails bottom. Yeah, it's gross like that. The floor bounces with every step and the smell, horrendous. Critters scurry about. Large beasts ignore you keeping to their tasks. Your job? Whatever it is, get it done fast. I hear the hive mother... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...About this bundle: The soundscapes in this bundle were created for "dark" environments. Even though they are named for specific places, they can work for any setting as they are more emotionally driven than designed for a specific... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...About this bundle: The soundscapes in this bundle were created for "mysterious" environments. Even though they are named for specific places, they can work for any setting as they are more emotionally driven than designed for a... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...About this bundle: The soundscapes in this bundle were created for "Peaceful" environments. Even though they are named for specific places, they can work for any setting as they are more emotionally driven than designed for a specific... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...About this bundle: The soundscapes in this bundle were created for "suspenseful" environments. Even though they are named for specific places, they can work for any setting as they are more emotionally driven than designed for a... [click here for more]

"Ambush! en" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
No travel experience is complete without an ambush along the way. I mean, there you are, minding your own business, horses, wagons and plunder intact, when out of nowhere a group of bandits pops out of the forest to greet you. The rest is, well, up to you. Are you prepared? You’ll hear the sounds... [click here for more]

"Amusement Park" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
There's people and stuff and more stuff. Screamers on the roller coaster, loud games and rides and more people. But what's amusement for some is miserable to others. This place can go either way.
Uses: Crowds of people at a fair or something simalar.
Content:... [click here for more]

"Ancient Library" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
You've stumbled on a place of old used by monks from days past. Tomes of ancient line the dusty shelves although the dust itself has been created by pages themselves that have crumbled from time's malady. It seems to be long forgotten or is just that something has not wanted this place found.... [click here for more]

"Apocalyptic Sewer" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsSo you’ve found yourself scrounging around down here in the old sewer tunnels eh? Lucky for you there’s a ledge here to walk on. But that won’t keep you safe for long. Aside from the terrible smell you’ll eventually become accustomed to, the greenish water that... [click here for more]

"Arctic Excursion" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsWay up north somewhere in the bitter cold you venture out to find evidence of a long forgotten city under the arctic ice. Or maybe you're out looking for the source of a distress signal that appeared on the radar of a covert agency that hired you to run an expidition to the regions of nowhere.... [click here for more]

"Arctic Excursion 2" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsWay up north somewhere in the bitter cold you venture out to find evidence of a long forgotten city under the arctic ice. Or maybe you're out looking for the source of a distress signal that appeared on the radar of a covert agency that hired you to run an expidition to the regions of nowhere.... [click here for more]

"At the Mountains of Madness" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The Mountains of Madness were said to be in Antarctica at a range much higher than the Himalayas. An amazing discovery was uncovered there by a group on an expedition led by a man named Professor Lake who discovered the remains of fourteen life forms completely unknown to science and... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments - Medieval City Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.40
Medieval CityThe sounds of bustling city folk can be heard in every corner in this large medieval or fantasy city. Horses, carriages,... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments - Catacombs Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.40
CatacombsGrab your holy water and enter a place where the dead have long been laid away. Far beneath the surface of some hallowed ruins,... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments - Dwarven City Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.40
Dwarven CityFar underground there is a city populated by those of long beards and short statures. You may have come upon it once,... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments - Desert Winds Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.40
Desert WindsThe dunes stretch for miles without sight of civilization. Bring plenty of water and a mount or face the harsheness of... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments - Catacombs Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.40
CatacombsGrab your holy water and enter a place where the dead have long been laid away. Far beneath the surface of some hallowed ruins,... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments MP3 - High Speed Chase (modern) Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.35
High Speed Chase (modern) (TIME: 10:00): They're right behind you! So you screech off at high speed trying to loose them and... [click here for more]

THIS IS A BUNDLE PRODUCT. WHEN BUYING THIS ITEM YOU WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR EACH PRODUCT LISTED BELOW...Ambient Environments MP3 - Ambush! Regular price: $1.49 Bundle price: $1.34
Ambush!No travel experience is complete without an ambush along the way. I mean, there you are, minding your own business, horses,... [click here for more]

"Attack in the Dungeon" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsA stone door rolls away to reveal a small horde of creatures, a hell-hound, some Orc handlers, a skeleton, a zombie, a Goblin and a Wight. There’s a mild ambient texture behind the excitement of this small underground battle to accompany the sounds of angry weapons, furious magic,... [click here for more]

"Battlefield Ruins" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsYou’ve come across a distant battlefield after the battle has recently ended. Bodies lie here and there and the remaining armies have long fled.
Content: Somewhat more musical than many of the tracks, this one is foreboding and a little exotic. intermittentsounds... [click here for more]

"Biomechanical Satellite" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
(inspired by the Delta Green RPG)
This quasi-organic satellite hovers somewhere far in space near the Old One, Ghroth in orbit around a distant planet, or perhaps Ghroth himself. It’s one part hi-tech and one part organic materials. To get to it you must pass through a dimensional... [click here for more]

"Black ICE" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsYou’ve gone and done something you weren’t supposed to again didn’t ya chummer? Well, now you need some danger-on-the-run-chase music to go with your trouble and here it is. Whether you’re in the net or running gun, this is the track to inspire you to get out and get... [click here for more]

"Blacksmith and Weapons Shop" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The forge burns furiously as the blacksmith and his assistant labor intensly shaping metal and wood into something deadly. The attention to detail shows in their workmanship. If you're looking for trustworthy weapons and unyielding armor, you've come to the right place.
Uses:... [click here for more]

"Breezy Stone Castle Room" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
It's cold in here. The wind blows moderately through the open window where the shutters clap against the great wall. Outside there are footsteps and people chattering on occasion.
Content: Stone rom ambience. Wind breezing through the room. Wooden cupboard and shutters... [click here for more]

"Burning Building" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The building is on fire and you need to get out. No time to think, just get out. What caused it, who caused it, it doesn't matter, we'll figure that out later. If you want to die stay put but I'm leaving.
Content: Fire fire fire! Rumbling fire! Crackling wood. Shattering glass.... [click here for more]

"Burning Building Interior" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The building went up in flames and you're still stuck inside. What to do now? Get the hell out. Good luck.
Uses: Fire fire fire! Any building on fire from the inside.
Content: Fire sounds. Crackling. Burning. Flames. Heat. Ouch.
Genre:... [click here for more]

"Calling Ithaqua" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
The cold is biting even next to this enormous ceremonial bonfire. You sit and watch and wait or perhaps join in the ritual as the Inuit tribes-people chant, sing and play their instruments all for one purpose. To call the great Old One, Ithaqua, from the sky.
Uses: This soundscape... [click here for more]

"Car Chase (with music)" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsNow you need to stop running from trouble…on foot anyway, and get into that nice car you paid so much for from that guy at the lot who oversold it to you by doing the robot dance to distract from his inflated prices. So go on, get into it and duck your head down. Hopefully... [click here for more]

"Car Chase" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThey're right behind you! So you screech off at high speed trying to loose them and if that doesn't work you have to pull out the big guns...and you do. But they do too as they catch up to you and side swipe you a few times. Oh no! There's more of them. Their guns and uzi's ricochet off your... [click here for more]

"Catacombs" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsGrab your holy water and enter a place where the dead have long been laid away. Far beneath the surface of some hallowed ruins, unimaginable horros await you. Disturb the sarcophagi if you must but tread softly. You cannot kill what's already dead.
Content: Airy ambient textures... [click here for more]

"Cathedral at Dawn" (Mp3@320 Kbps) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThis holy place is quiet and serene. An ambient texture fills the background but not without the pleasant interruption of chanting monks, a singing boy’s choir, and a female cantor who sings the melodies of the heavens whilst you meditate in solitude on your humble visit.
Content:... [click here for more]

"Catwalk of a Modern Bridge" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
A superhero is supposed to hang out on top of buildings or something aren't they? Well, here you are. Tights and all sitting on the catwalk again listening to the hustle and bustle of the city. But you're unique and it's your thing. So own it.
Uses: Catwalk of... [click here for more]

"Cavern of Wailing Souls" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio Experts
Deep from beneath you can hear the screaming souls of the damned waiting to be rescued from the fires of hell. Are they real? Or are they just your imagination playing tricks on you? Or maybe someone else playing tricks on you? Either way, heed it as a warning that this place isn't... [click here for more]

"Cemetery At Night" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThe freaks come out at night. Somehow you've wandered through a cemetery. Were you dared or just not paying attention? Or maybe not on a dare? Maybe you’re there to ghost hunt, or just to hang ou because that's how you rollt? Or maybe you’re there to dig up a grave! That's... [click here for more]

"Chemical Treatment Plant" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThe surrounding neighborhood has been complaining about hearing strange noises and lights coming from this facility. They have enough to worry about considering the population was 5,000 just a year ago, has dwindled down to 300 due to people moving amongst other unmentionables.... [click here for more]

"City in Ruin (Modern)" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsThe city has been devastated as far as the eye can see. It was recent as the buildings around you have been left smoldering along with the fresh kills and vehicles that line the streets. Some overturned and others riddled with bullets and shrapnel with their doors left open. The... [click here for more]

"City Street (modern)" (Mp3@320 Kbps + FLAC) - from the RPG & TableTop Audio ExpertsNeed the sounds of a busy modern city street in the background? Whether you're playing a cyberpunk campaign or contemporary one, this track is perfect for that urban setting complete with traffic and passersby.
Content: Moving traffic. Occasional conversations.... [click here for more]